Colocating a Server
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All I can really say is "best != cheapest" 
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Lots of companies will accept a server in a non-rackmount case but it will be less cost effective long term. You'll also have to be very careful to ensure sufficient airflow through the chassis.
.Lots of companies will accept a server in a non-rackmount case but it will be less cost effective long term. You'll also have to be very careful to ensure sufficient airflow through the chassis.
You can get a decent spec dedicated box for your budget ...
http://www.register1.net/servers.php?PHPSESSID=0ee21e967fc8e272bcbbc251b3cc6492
http://www.register1.net/servers.php?PHPSESSID=0ee21e967fc8e272bcbbc251b3cc6492
R4z0r said:
That's £69/month if he wants to pay monthly and only has 512MB of RAM which won't go very far. However I do agree that, unless you have very specific hardware requirements, dedicated is far better than co-lo.
A lot of customers go into co-lo thinking it will save them money. They buy a used server from eBay for £250, stick it in the cheapest possible co-lo and cross their fingers. The problem arises when that machine fails. The hosting company have no spares for that model of server and charge you £100/hour for remote hands time. Very soon you end up with a very large bill and a week of downtime for your company mail server, web hosting box, game server, whatever you are hosting.
With a dedicated box, the hosting company will (or rather should) have a plentiful supply of spares on site. They're familiar with the hardware and, in the event of a failure, should be able to have you up and running again in a couple of hours at most. Choose the right company and the monthly cost won't be much higher than co-lo, shipping your server, depreciation on the server whilst in co-lo and the inevitable remote hands time required.
a1isp has some good co-lo deals but I don't think you can get any cheaper than 49 pence given the electricity price hikes. At £39 they will be barely making ends meet...presumably making money on extras.
I think most hosts will be reluctant to take tower/desktop pcs as they take up so much space (5u) and look unsightly.
I think most hosts will be reluctant to take tower/desktop pcs as they take up so much space (5u) and look unsightly.
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Try posting a request - http://www.webhostchat.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=9
got a couple of co lo servers with globalgold, around £50-60 per month iirc.
oneandone internet have some good dedicated offerings, although the datacentre is in germany, 123-reg are also pretty reasonable.
if you really want to keep the costs down you could always consider a vps account, basically you get a vmware type setup to do as you wish, from around £20 a month.
of course it all depends what your planning on using it for?
oneandone internet have some good dedicated offerings, although the datacentre is in germany, 123-reg are also pretty reasonable.
if you really want to keep the costs down you could always consider a vps account, basically you get a vmware type setup to do as you wish, from around £20 a month.
of course it all depends what your planning on using it for?